Incentivizing the Production and Use of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions

Substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercially-produced textbooks results in demonstrable cost savings for students in most higher education institutions. Yet OER are still not widely used, and progress toward large-scale adoption in most colleges and universities has been slow. This...

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Autores principales:	David Annand, Tilly Jensen
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Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2017
Materias:	open education resources behavioural economics post-secondary education higher education Special aspects of education LC8-6691
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bca7362480d94eefb5b8a5cbf5736eae2021-12-02T19:20:54ZIncentivizing the Production and Use of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions10.19173/irrodl.v18i4.30091492-3831https://doaj.org/article/bca7362480d94eefb5b8a5cbf5736eae2017-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3009https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercially-produced textbooks results in demonstrable cost savings for students in most higher education institutions. Yet OER are still not widely used, and progress toward large-scale adoption in most colleges and universities has been slow. This article reviews the literature informing financial and other issues that affect OER adoption. It describes the outcome of an ongoing, financially self-sustaining project at Athabasca University that has produced significant cost savings for the institution, maintained equivalent student learning outcomes and persistence rates, and enhanced aspects of the student learning experience. Based on the success of the project to date, broadly-applicable recommendations are suggested to reduce organizational impediments to the adoption of OER in higher education institutions. David AnnandTilly JensenAthabasca University Pressarticleopen education resourcesbehavioural economicspost-secondary educationhigher educationSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 18, Iss 4 (2017)
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description	Substituting open educational resources (OER) for commercially-produced textbooks results in demonstrable cost savings for students in most higher education institutions. Yet OER are still not widely used, and progress toward large-scale adoption in most colleges and universities has been slow. This article reviews the literature informing financial and other issues that affect OER adoption. It describes the outcome of an ongoing, financially self-sustaining project at Athabasca University that has produced significant cost savings for the institution, maintained equivalent student learning outcomes and persistence rates, and enhanced aspects of the student learning experience. Based on the success of the project to date, broadly-applicable recommendations are suggested to reduce organizational impediments to the adoption of OER in higher education institutions.
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Incentivizing the Production and Use of Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Institutions

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